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Meet Lifeweaver, Overwatch 2's First Hero Confirmed Queer Upon Reveal
4.4.2023
Niran “Lifeweaver” PruksaManee is Overwatch 2’s 37th hero, a support character who specializes in plant-based technology to heal and protect his teammates. He’s a fugitive on the run from the Vishkar Corporation who was close to DPS character Symettra while at the company’s Architech Academy. He’s...
Resident Evil 4 Remake Boss Can Be Killed With Eggs
4.4.2023
You can quite literally egg one of the Resident Evil 4 bosses to death. Near the end of the castle chapter, players must fight an evil nobleman who fused himself with a parasite queen. You can easily kill him in two hits, as long as you come armed with golden eggs. Read more
Dragon Ball Z Statue Turns Goku And Vegeta Into Hot Gamers
3.4.2023
Gokue and Vegeta have never been hotter, or more relatable, then as these hulked-out statues of the two Dragon Ball Z heroes crushing some retro games on the couch. The energy here is more pure and powerful than any Kamehameha or Galick Gun. I want to fill every room in my house with it.Read more
Super Mario Bros. Movie Fans Knock Seth Rogen For Barely Trying
3.4.2023
Seth Rogen joined Chris Pratt in the Super Mario Bros. shame corner last week during an interview. He revealed that he wouldn’t be “doing any voices” for his upcoming role as Donkey Kong, the gorilla antagonist who has been throwing barrels at Mario and kidnapping his girlfriend since 1981.Read more
In 10 Minutes, Nintendo Rekindled Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's Lost Hype
29.3.2023
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom may go on to be one of the biggest games of the year, but that hasn’t saved it from lingering fan doubt. The stakes are high: not only is the open-world adventure a sequel to one of the best games of all time, it’s also releasing for what’s seen as increasingly dated...
As A Resident Evil 4 Newcomer, Remake's Village Fight Is Shockingly Brutal
28.3.2023
Resident Evil 4 combines two of my least favorite things in the world: shooting and horror. But with the remake out, and nearly twenty years passing since my initial adverse reaction to it (you can’t expect an elementary schooler to adequately handle their character being axed in the head),...
Sadly, Kirby Will Not Turn Into A Hot Man If He Swallows A Hot Man
28.3.2023
Kirby’s whole thing is that he has a huge mouth, and anything he swallows he either absorbs their powers or transforms into. If he swallows Mario in a Smash fight he gets a red hat. In more recent times, if he puts a car in his mouth, he turns into a car.Read more
Nintendo Is Still Going Hard With Breath of the Wild 6 Years Later, Despite Sequel
27.3.2023
I know that we’ve all been calling it “BOTW 2” for years, but Zelda fans really do want Tears of the Kingdom. I promise. Yet despite that game’s imminent release date Nintendo has proudly tweeted a new video promoting Breath of the Wild. Please, Nintendo. That game came out six years ago. Fans have...
Netflix Star Wants To Name Kids After Elden Ring Bosses, And The Internet Approves
27.3.2023
Love makes you do crazy things. When you feel connected to another person, you feel compelled to go to the ends of the Earth for them. Maybe you’ll take a bullet for your significant other. Maybe you’ll do their taxes and handle their dirty laundry (figuratively and literally). Or maybe, as in...
Terra Nil: The Kotaku Review
27.3.2023
Terra Nil is a city-builder that’s not really a city-builder. It plays like one, so it’s easy to use that label as shorthand (developers Free Lives call it a “reverse city-builder”), but Terra Nil doesn’t ask you to lay any roads or worry about residential taxes. It’s more of a “resource management...
Here’s What Happens in Ash’s Final Pokémon Episode
24.3.2023
After announcing in December that it was coming, the Pokémon anime finally aired its last Ash and Pikachu episode in Japan. The episode won’t be airing in English for some time as the anime is tied to a Netflix deal that releases batches of episodes periodically, so if you’re curious to see...
Horrific Mario Manga Shows 1-UP Mushroom Growing Out Of Dead Plumber
24.3.2023
Let’s all get on the same page before going any further: this is not canon. This is not hidden lore, endorsed by Nintendo, that you should arm yourself with and take with you on an official basis every time you play a Mario game from now on. OK?Read more
Fraud Alert: Goku Has Never Actually Beaten Vegeta
23.3.2023
Yesterday, I came across a viral post from a Dragon Ball Z fan account called Dragon Ball Perfect Shots showcasing Vegeta’s victory over Goku in the after-credit scene in the new film Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. In Vegeta and Goku’s cinematic fight, which served as the B-plot of the film,...
Genshin Impact Fans Say They’ll Quit Spending Money Over Underwhelming Character
23.3.2023
Genshin Impact released their most broken character earlier this month. She’s no longer available in the seasonal rotation, but fans are still upset at her lackluster abilities. While some players have been submitting reports and airing their grievances on Twitter, others have gone a step further....
What To Know About Getting Roadhog's Pachimari Skin In Overwatch 2
22.3.2023
Roadhog’s love for the Pachimari character is well-documented throughout Overwatch 2. It’s a love that shines so bright that the Overwatch 2 team crafted an entire game mode and event surrounding it, allowing players to kill their enemies and plunder their Pachimari plush toys in a twisted...
Roadhog Roasts the Overwatch 2 Cast In Latest Limited-Time Mode
22.3.2023
Roadhog is one of Overwatch 2’s quieter heroes. Where some characters like Tracer and Junkrat are real chatterboxes, the chain-slinging, shotgun-toting Tank is a man of few words. That changes with the game’s latest limited-time mode, which makes him the announcer. Not only is he the one to declare...
Bella Ramsey's YouTube Is A Great Sneak Peek At What You'll See In The Last of Us Season 2
21.3.2023
Somewhere between agonizing over The Last of Us ending, which aired on HBO last week, for the second time in the game franchise’s history and ideating a jacked Abby, fans stumbled upon Ellie actor Bella Ramsey’s YouTube channel. Or should I say, as many others are saying, Ramsey’s Christian YouTube...
Dragon Ball Z's Goku Is A Good Dad, No Matter What People Say
20.3.2023
Goku is misunderstood. Memes and misinterpretations have greatly contributed to some inaccurate conclusions about the Dragon Ball Z character — with perhaps the most common misconstrual being that Goku is a bad dad. This perception of Goku’s fatherly abilities have been perpetuated by jokes...
Ash Ketchum’s Pokémon Anime Voice Actor Takes Her Victory Lap
20.3.2023
Welcome to Exp. Share, Kotaku’s Pokémon column in which we dive deep to explore notable characters, urban legends, communities, and just plain weird quirks from throughout the Pokémon franchise. This week, we’re talking with the English voice actor behind Ash Ketchum as the Pokémon anime prepares...
‘Silly’ The Last of Us Tribute Snuck Its Way Into The HBO Show
14.3.2023
Love is a beautiful thing, especially in the grim world of The Last of Us. So it’s heartwarming to see a loving tribute from the 2013 PlayStation exclusive make its way to Craig Mazin’s HBO drama—especially when it’s an Easter egg a developer admits is “silly.”Read more